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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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