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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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