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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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