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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education ventures. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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