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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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