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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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