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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better grasp these new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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