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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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