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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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