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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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