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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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