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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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