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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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