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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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