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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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