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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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