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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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