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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning are enabling humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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