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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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