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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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