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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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