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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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