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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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