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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the major 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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