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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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