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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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