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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online learning are empowering humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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