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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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