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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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