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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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