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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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