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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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