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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online learning are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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