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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning enable people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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