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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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