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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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