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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education initiatives. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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