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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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