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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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