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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better perceive these new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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