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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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