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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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