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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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