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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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