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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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