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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning enable humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. 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. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better perceive these significant new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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