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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to understand these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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