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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes 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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