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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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