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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ross Dependency to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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