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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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