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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand these new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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