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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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