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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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