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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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