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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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