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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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