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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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