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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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