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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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