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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better perceive these new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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