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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jersey to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to understand these new open educational initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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