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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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