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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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