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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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