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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic educational technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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