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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to understand these open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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