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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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