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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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