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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology are enabling students all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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