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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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