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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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