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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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