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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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