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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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