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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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