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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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