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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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