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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also examines 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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