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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like India to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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