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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning are enabling humans all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education initiatives. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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