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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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