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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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