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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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