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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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