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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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