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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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