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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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