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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to understand these important new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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