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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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