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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)