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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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