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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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