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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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