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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the key 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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