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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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