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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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