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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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