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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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