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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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