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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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