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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better perceive these important new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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