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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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