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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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