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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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