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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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