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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning are empowering learners all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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