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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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