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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology enable people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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