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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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