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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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