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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning have enabled humans all around the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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