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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Seychelles to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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