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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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