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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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