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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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