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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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