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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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