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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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