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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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