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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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