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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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