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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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