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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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