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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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