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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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