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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these important new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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