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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning make it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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