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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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