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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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