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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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