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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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