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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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