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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always 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 distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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