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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to understand these new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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