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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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