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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these new open educational initiatives. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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