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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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