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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews 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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