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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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