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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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