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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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