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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning are empowering students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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