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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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