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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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