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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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