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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp these open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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