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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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