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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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