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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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