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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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