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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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