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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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