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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. 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 online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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