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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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