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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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