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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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