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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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