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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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