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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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