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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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