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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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