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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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