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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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