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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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