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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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