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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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