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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major 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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