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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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