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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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