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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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