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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these fascinating new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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