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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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