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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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