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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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