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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these new open education initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the 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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