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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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