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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open education undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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