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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually 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 many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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