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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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