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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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