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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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