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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education are empowering students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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