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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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