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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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