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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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