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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the 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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