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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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