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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major 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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