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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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