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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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