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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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