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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning enable students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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