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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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