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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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