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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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