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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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