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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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