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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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