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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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