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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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