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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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