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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online education have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these new open education initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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