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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Malta to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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