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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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