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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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