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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Martinique to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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