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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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