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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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