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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning enable people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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