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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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