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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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