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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners 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 several issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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