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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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