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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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