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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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