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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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