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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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