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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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