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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to understand these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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