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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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