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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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