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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open education ventures. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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