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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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