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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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