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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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