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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes online. 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. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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