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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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