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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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