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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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