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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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