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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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