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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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