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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. New developments in learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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