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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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