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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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