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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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