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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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