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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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