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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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