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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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