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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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