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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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