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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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