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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Navassa Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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