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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the major 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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