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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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