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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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