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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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