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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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