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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. People want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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