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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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