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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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