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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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