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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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