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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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