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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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