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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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