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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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