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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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