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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also researches 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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