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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Togo to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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