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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also investigates 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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