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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning are empowering students all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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