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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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