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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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