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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Navassa Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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