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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education are empowering students all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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