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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better perceive these important new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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