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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online learning enable humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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