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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. 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. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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