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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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