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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bermuda to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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