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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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