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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education ventures. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting 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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