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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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