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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational ventures. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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