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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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