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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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