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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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