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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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