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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. People want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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