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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in e-learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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