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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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