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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in e-learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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