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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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