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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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