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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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