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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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