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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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