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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better perceive these important new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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