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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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