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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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