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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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