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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning technology make it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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