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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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