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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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