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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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