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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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