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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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