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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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