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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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