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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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