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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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