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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important 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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