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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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