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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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