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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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