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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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