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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning have enabled students all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these new open education initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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