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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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