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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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