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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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