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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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