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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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