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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online education are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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