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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning are empowering humans all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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