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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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