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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines 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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