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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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