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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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