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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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