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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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