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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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