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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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