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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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