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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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