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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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