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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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