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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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