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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education enable students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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