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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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