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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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