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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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