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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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