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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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