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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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