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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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