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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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