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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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