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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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