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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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