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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified 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 optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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