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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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