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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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