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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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