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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major 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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