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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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