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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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