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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Seychelles to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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