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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. 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. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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