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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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