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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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