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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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