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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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