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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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