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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning have enabled learners all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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