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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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