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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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