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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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