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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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