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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly 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 quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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