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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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