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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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