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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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