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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate 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. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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