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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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