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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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