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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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