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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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