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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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