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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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