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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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