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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Norfolk Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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