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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Professors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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