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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning are enabling learners all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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