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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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