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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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