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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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