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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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