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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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