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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open education initiatives. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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