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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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