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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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