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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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