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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers 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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