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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free 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 several topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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