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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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