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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning enable students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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