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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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