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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in e-learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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