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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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