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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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