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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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