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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Anguilla to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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