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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take classes online. 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. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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