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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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