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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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