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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in elearning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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