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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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