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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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