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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators 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 assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education ventures. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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