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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology enable people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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