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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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