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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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