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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online learning have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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