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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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