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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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