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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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