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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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