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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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