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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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