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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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