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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology enable humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open education undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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