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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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