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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better perceive these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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