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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning enable people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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