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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. 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. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses 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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