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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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