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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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