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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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