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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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