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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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