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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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