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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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