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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning enable students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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