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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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