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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes 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. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews 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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