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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning enable humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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