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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in elearning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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