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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education initiatives. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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