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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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