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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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