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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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