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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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