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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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