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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently 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 swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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