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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates 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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