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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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