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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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