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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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