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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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