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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open education ventures. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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