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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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