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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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