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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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