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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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