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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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