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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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