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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not 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 subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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