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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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