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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education enable learners all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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