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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these significant new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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