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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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