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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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