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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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