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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning make it possible for students all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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