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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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