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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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