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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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