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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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