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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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