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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online education are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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