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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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