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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the key 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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