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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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