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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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