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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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