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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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