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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning enable learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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