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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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