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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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