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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational initiatives. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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