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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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