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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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