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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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