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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open educational initiatives. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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