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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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