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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education enable learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to understand these open education initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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