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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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