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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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