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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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