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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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