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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also researches the most important 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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