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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning have enabled humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these new open education initiatives. Trainers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the 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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