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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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