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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open education ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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