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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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