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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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