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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free for students 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 quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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