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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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