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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education are empowering students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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