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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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