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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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