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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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