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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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