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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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