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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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