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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology enable learners all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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