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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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