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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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