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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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