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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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