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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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