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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education have enabled humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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