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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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