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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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