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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational ventures. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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