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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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