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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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