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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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