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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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